Thanks for the confirmation, and for the link. Irv
> On Jan 5, 2018, at 4:32 PM, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > > Irv Kalb <i...@furrypants.com> writes: > >> I'm doing some writing for an upcoming course on OOP using Python. > > Welcome, and congratulations for using Python in this work. > >> I'd like to know if there are "official" or even standard terms that >> are used to describe a class that is inherited from, and the class >> that is doing the inheriting. From my reading (especially the PSF >> docs.python.org <http://docs.python.org/>), it looks like the terms >> would be "base class" and "subclass". > > Standard (“official”) terms are most likely to be had from the language > reference <URL:http://docs.python.org/3/reference/>. I would recommend > the glossary <URL:http://docs.python.org/3/glossary.html>, but with the > caveat that many flaws have been found in recent years. > >> However, in books about Python and other languages, I have also seen the >> terms: >> >> base class & derived class >> parent class & child class >> superclass & subclass > > The only term I take issue with there is “superclass”. In a > multiple-inheritance system, such as provided by Python, the superclass > is *not* necessarily the base class. See this article from 2011 > <URL:https://rhettinger.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/super-considered-super/>. > >> So, are base class & subclass the proper terms? > > In my opinion you will be correct to use those terms. Which is not to > say that other terms aren't also good. > > -- > \ “The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the | > `\ hijacking of morality by religion.” —Arthur C. Clarke, 1991 | > _o__) | > Ben Finney > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
